CERTIFIED CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST
Introduction
This course will provide participants with in-depth knowledge and practical skills to plan, deliver and monitor IT/cyber security to internal and external clients encompassing a complete, conjoined set of disciplines in the areas of IT policies, Security-Operational-Run-Book, security/penetration testing, ethical hacking and black hat hacking. It will also cover WiFi security, Website security, human factors, cyber forensics, cyber security team management, Secure Operations Center (SOC) and Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) infrastructures.
As part of the course, participants will conduct a risk assessment of two different deployments based on the ISO27001 to identify any direct, or indirect threats, security exposures, or potentials for vulnerabilities. Participants will also respond to an example security incident and identify the best practices which could be applied to secure their own organization, and associated assets.
Course Objectives
- Apply information security standards to their organization and its critical assets
- Identify the threats presented by viruses, malware, active code, and Active Persistent Threats (APT) and consider the different mitigating options
- Formulate and manage effective cyber security teams, and apply the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) framework, tools and capabilities to deliver cost effective and robust solutions to protect the organization
- Examine the area of wireless security protocols, their security attributes, and their potential insecurities within the organization, and in public spaces
- Illustrate how penetration testing and ethical hacking enhance organizational security
- Evaluate and apply two of the most important aspects in the modern day of cyber-adversity: Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and cyber threat intelligence.
Training Methodology
- Lecture, discussion, syndicate work, case study and exercises. Audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these learning methods.
Target Group
- IT professionals, security professionals, auditors, site administrators, general management and anyone tasked with managing and protecting the integrity of the network infrastructure. This also includes anyone already familiar and involved with IT/cyber/digital security and seeking to build on their fundamental principles of security.